pete_uk wrote:I do wonder whats going on between the repeater keepers and CC-3 or Pigeon sorry Phoenix as so many are going over to the Brandmiester network. The two people behind the UK BM network seem to be doing a good job.

It's all simple - a few Yorkshire Terriors were making a lot of noise couse they wanted everything to run their way whilst their mateys organised an exit of 10 repeaters from Phoenix to BM. Now that they are on BM, there have been some issues, confusion and Yorkshire Terriors trying to tell others how BM should operate. fun bit was their qso's are getting over run by world wide talk groups. The grass is not always greener on the other side.

I realised that about a minute after posting, but didn't seem worth editing.

Now that the novelty factor of talking worldwide from a handie on my sofa has worn off (took about a week), I kind of like the idea of just local TGs, I've not heard anything worthwhile said on TG1 or TG235 to date, most of the good stuf is on TG9, TG80 and TG81, maybe a few more keepers should pull out the RJ45 plug?

Admiral wrote:Now that the novelty factor of talking worldwide from a handie on my sofa has worn off (took about a week), I kind of like the idea of just local TGs, I've not heard anything worthwhile said on TG1 or TG235 to date, most of the good stuf is on TG9, TG80 and TG81, maybe a few more keepers should pull out the RJ45 plug?

Admiral wrote:Now that the novelty factor of talking worldwide from a handie on my sofa has worn off (took about a week), I kind of like the idea of just local TGs, I've not heard anything worthwhile said on TG1 or TG235 to date, most of the good stuf is on TG9, TG80 and TG81, maybe a few more keepers should pull out the RJ45 plug?

Why pull the plug, then you're just left with TG9?

Well you could double it up with another TG on the other slot, still double the channels of an analogue repeater.

LeakyFeeder wrote:AWY. Mr Hoofe.. strange how he lists being in the reg Army for donkeys years yet on his Linkedin profile/timeline there is no ref at all to his long forces career...weird eh.... hes one big time WALT

Well I'm definitely not one of them Walts, 9 years RN and 6 years RFA, never dodged a bullet, never killed an insurgent with my bare hands and never joined the SAS.

Sat in a comms room under a red glow for 9 years without too much drama, and although joined the RFA as a senior NCO, soon found out that everybody did their own job, and then did time in the galley, steered the tub in the wee hours when the First Mate was drunk, and cleaned the bogs too.

Not quite as glamorous as you suggest AWYs' forces career may or may not have been.

LeakyFeeder wrote:AWY. Mr Hoofe.. strange how he lists being in the reg Army for donkeys years yet on his Linkedin profile/timeline there is no ref at all to his long forces career...weird eh.... hes one big time WALT

Well I'm definitely not one of them Walts, 9 years RN and 6 years RFA, never dodged a bullet, never killed an insurgent with my bare hands and never joined the SAS.

Sat in a comms room under a red glow for 9 years without too much drama, and although joined the RFA as a senior NCO, soon found out that everybody did their own job, and then did time in the galley, steered the tub in the wee hours when the First Mate was drunk, and cleaned the bogs too.

Not quite as glamorous as you suggest AWYs' forces career may or may not have been.

Had the dubious pleasure of cross docking from Vince to an RFA ship many moons ago.. Tidespring? Spose the ship was comfy enough for us scaleys and rather relaxed compared to other lot .. not my idea of fun though

Drove down to MK today and had a mate along... Tried to explain DMR to him but in the end i gave up.. I honestly cant make sense of all the crap n nonsense thats happening on there...
Just seems to attract the attention seeking mickey mouse callsigns trying a bit toooo hard to be all hammy n various... Barking 'GROUP' at each other an all the other 'hi hi' crap... Right bunch of prize pillocks..

Anyway the DMR stuff is going... Already sold the DP3600... Just the DM to get rid of..
MD380 is a keeper as it cost peanuts...

It's only now that BrandMeister has popped up is their so much uncertainty. Phoenix still runs on as it did previously, still providing a connection to DMR-MARC. The only difference is now that all of Scotland and the majority of the north are connected to BrandMeister as is 1 in Northern Ireland and 2 on the south coast.